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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2match to finish fourth and earn $450,000. 2004: Joined thetour as a Special temporary member the week of august4…at the European tour’s season-ending Volvo masters,defeated Sergio garcia in a playoff and finished ninth inEuropean tour’s Volvo order of merit...In first tour start,finished t5 at the World golf championships-accenturematch play championship, losing to Stephen Leaney,1-up, in the fourth round. In first three rounds, defeatedchris riley, Duffy Waldorf and John Huston...member ofvictorious European ryder cup squad and posted a 1-1record in ryder cup debut. 2003: Victorious twice in Europeat the celtic manor resort Wales open and the Nordicopen, and finished career-best fifth in Volvo order of merit.2002: captured the 59th Italian open telecom Italia. 2001:capped successful sophomore campaign with victory at themoroccan open. 2000: His first year culminated in winningthe Sir Henry cotton rookie of the Year award, thanks toa first in the Italian open in october, ultimately finishingian Poulter (Continued)31st on the Volvo order of merit. 1999: played the Europeanchallenge tour with a win at the open de cote d’Ivoire.PeRSonAL:Has partnered with Dreamflight to give seriously ill and disabledchildren Holiday of a Lifetime trips to central Floridatheme parks…took up the game at age 4 when his father,terry, a single-digit handicapper, gave him a cut-down3-wood…older brother Danny is also a professional…Noted for his colorful hairstyles and clothing, most notablythe 2004 majors where he wore trousers that featuredpink (masters tournament), union Jack (British open)and united States stars and stripes (pga championship)designs. Has developed his own clothing line, which isavailable at his Web site, ianpoulter.co.uk. His design companydesigned the uniforms for great Britain and Ireland inthe 2008 curtis cup.Nick PriceWoRLD GoLF HALL oF FAMe MeMBeR (inducted 2003)eXeMPt StAtUS: top 50 on pga tour careermoney listFULL nAMe: Nicholas raymond Leige priceHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 190BiRtHDAte: January 28, 1957BiRtHPLAce: Durban, South africaPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.21 (130)Driving Distance ...........................................286.8 (109)Driving accuracy percentage .......................62.72% (113)greens in regulation percentage ................62.47% (181)putting average ...........................................1.804 (149)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–Waste management phoenixopen/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, mostrecent 2010 Waste management phoenix open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,400,000–2010 World golf championships–accenture match play championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 masterstournament/5ReSiDence: Hobe Sound, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Sue; gregory (8/9/91), robynFrances (8/5/93), Kimberly rae (9/9/96)SPeciAL inteReStS: Water skiing, fishing, flying, golfcourse architecturetURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1977Q ScHooL: 1982PGA toUR VictoRieS (18):1983 World Series of golf. 1991 gtE Byron Nelson golfclassic, canadian open. 1992 pga championship, H.E.B.texas open. 1993 tHE pLaYErS championship, canongreater Hartford open, Sprint Western open, FederalExpress St. Jude classic. 1994 Honda classic, SouthwesternBell colonial, motorola Western open, British open, pgachampionship, Bell canadian open. 1997 mcI classic. 1998FedEx St. Jude classic. 2002 mastercard colonial.cHAMPionS toUR VictoRieS (3):2009 outback Steakhouse pro-am. 2010 Liberty mutualLegends of golf, the principal charity classic.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (24):1979 asseng Invitational [Saf]. 1980 canon Europeanmasters [Eur]. 1981 San reno masters [Eur], South africanmasters [Saf]. 1982 Vaals reef open [Saf]. 1985 tropheeLancome [Eur], IcL International [Saf]. 1989 West EndSouth australian open [aus]. 1992 air New Zealand/Shell open [aus]. 1993 IcL International [Saf], Sun citymillion Dollar challenge [Saf]. 1994 British open [Eur],IcL International [Saf]. 1995 alfred Dunhill challenge[Saf], Hassan II golf trophy [morocco], Zimbabwe open[Saf]. 1997 Dimension Data pro-am [Eur], alfred DunhillSouth african pga [Eur], Zimbabwe open [Saf], millionDollar challenge [Saf]. 1998 Dimension Data pro-am [Saf],Zimbabwe open [Saf], million Dollar challenge [Saf]. 1999Suntory open [Jpn].otHeR VictoRieS (4):1992 pga grand Slam of golf. 2001 cVS charity classic[with mark calcavecchia]. 2006 cVS charity classic [withtim clark]. 2009 cVS caremark charity classic [with Davidtoms].BeSt 2010 cHAMPionS toUR FiniSHeS:1—the principal charity classic, Liberty mutual Legends ofgolf; 2—Boeing classic; t3—Dick’s Sporting goods open,3m championship; t4—the cap cana championship; 5—Senior pga championship, outback Steakhouse pro-am;6—Ensure classic at rock Barn; t8—SaS championship;t9—allianz championship, toshiba classic2010 SeASon:Had his career-best champions tour year, winning multipleofficial titles for the first time since 1994. He led the circuitin the all-around category (52). Finished second in Scoringaverage (69.09) and fourth in top-10 Finishes (12). crediteda switch to the belly putter in late February as the reasonfor his success, and he reeled off eight top-10 performancesin nine starts after changing putters…First of two titlescame in late april, when he teamed with mark o’mearato win the Legends Division at the Liberty mutual Legendsof golf. His par on the second playoff hole gave the teamthe victory over John cook/Joey Sindelar. Duo finishedwith a 54-hole, bogey-free total of 28-under-par 188…Was selected as the champions tour’s player of the monthfor June after he added a second title, at the principalcharity classic. avenged a playoff loss the year prior with afour-stroke victory over tommy armour III, thanks to a finalround67 at glen oaks. Became the first player since r.W.Eaks at the 2007 greater Hickory classic at rock Barn towin a tournament after losing in a playoff the year prior…Forced to withdraw from the u.S. Senior open at Sahaleein late July after suffering a freak toe injury just prior to theevent…Finished t3 at the 3m championship, thanks to an8-under-par 64 in the final round. His check for $105,000pushed his season earnings over the $1-million mark for thethird straight year.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: turned in another steady year on the champions tourand finally broke through with his first victory...Win came inhis 39th career start on the tour at the outback Steakhousepro-am. two-stroke victory over Larry Nelson at tpc tampaBay also ended a tour victory drought of 111 events, datingto the 2002 mastercard colonial...partnered with pgatour player David toms to victory at the cVS caremarkcharity classic in rhode Island in June. It was his thirdvictory in the event and each has come with a different partner.2008: Was among the top-five in more than a third ofhis appearances on the champions tour, but missed somegolden opportunities to win during the season. Finishedfourth on the circuit in scoring average (69.71) and wentover seven figures in official money for the first time sincethe 2003 pga tour season despite taking two months offduring the summer to vacation with his family...teed it upat the pga tour’s mayakoba golf classic at riviera mayaand was t14 after 54 holes before a final-round 74 left himPLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–3 times, mostrecent 2003 FedEx St. Jude classic/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $774,000–2002 mastercard colonial/1career High official World Rank: after 1995 Kemperopen/12010 ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring average (actual) .............................69.09 (2)Driving Distance ...........................................284.4 (15)Driving accuracy percentage .......................77.67% (9)greens in regulation percentage ................73.78% (2)putting average ...........................................1.736 (8)MISCELLANEOUS ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2010 champions tour Low Round: 64–2010 3mchampionship/3career champions tour Low Round: 64–2010 3mchampionship/3Largest career champions tour Paycheck/Finish: $258,750–2010 the principal charity classic/12-160 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com